摇 晃

yáohuàng

“To rock” in Chinese is 摇晃 (yáohuàng).

Meaning

to rock; to shake; to sway

Example

建筑物在地震中摇晃。

The buildings shook in the earthquake.

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

Characters

yáoHSK 413 strokesto shake huàngHSK 7-910 strokesto dazzle

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